Improvement in children s carriages



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.o

JOHN H. BROWN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,569, dated January 20, 1874 application filed June 19, 1873.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section ot the same when the frame containing the canopy is turned down, the canopy-roller acting as a' strap or guard. Fig. 3 is a front View of the frame containing the canopy detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. This invention consists in a frame which is hinged to the sides of the carriage-top, and` which carries a roller, on which is Wound a piece of cloth or leather of suitable form for a canopy, in such a manner that, when said frame is turned down, the roller which contains the canopy extends across the carriage in front of the seat, and acts as a guard or strap, preventing the child from` falling ont; and, if said frame is turned up, and the piece of leather, cloth, or other material is unrolled and secured to the edge of the carriage-top, a canopy is formed, whereby the child in the carriage is efectually protected against the rays of the sun when sleeping.

In the drawing, theletter A designates the body of my carriage, to which is secured 'the top B, in the ,usual manner. With this top I have combined a frame, G, a'detached View of which is shown in Fig. 3. This frame is suspended from the studs a, that form the bearings for the ends ofthe joints b; or separate studs may be proded for said frame, so that the frame can be readily connected to or disconnected from the top of every carriage. Said frame forms the bearin gs for a roller, c, ou which is wound a piece, d, of leather, cloth, or other suitable material. Then the frame isturned down to the position shown in Fig.

2, it is retained in position by means of hooks f, which are pivoted to the frame, and which catch. into loops secured to the top B; or it may be fastened in position by any other suit! able means; and, if the frame is thus secured, the roller c extends across the carriage in front ot' the seat I), and it acts as a guard, preventing the child which occupies the seat from falling out.. The piece d of leather, cloth, or other material is provided in its outer edge with a series of button-holes, and if the frame C is turned up to the position shown in Fig. 1,

and the piece d is unrolled, said button-holes can be made to engage with amseries of buttons, c, at or near the front edgeof the top B, and by these means a canopy is produced,

which protects the child in' the carriage against the rays otl the sun when sleeping.

What I 'claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A frame, C, pivoted to the top of the cai riage, and having a roller, c,- to carry a piece of leather, cloth, or other suitable material, d, whereby the roller can be made to act asa guard or stop, or the piece ot' leather, clot-h, or other material can be used as a canopy, substantially in the manner shown and` described. v

JOHN H. BROVN. Witnesses:

AUGUsTUs LELAND, GEO.` H. WYcKoFr. 

